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[LaZy_KoReAn]

Originally posted by Raiks

2 or 3 hours.... that'd be quite sufficent.... mostly, as long as you get your tutorial work done, you'll get decent marks... it's just a case of getting your work done rather than having set amount of study time. Essays.... the marking scale is harder than school but you adjust, just like moving from Yr10 to Yr11...

The thing is i didn't adjust, i never experienced year 11 i skipped it, because i was in Queensland for personal reasons, i regret i should of done year 11 in Sydney but i considered it waste of time, and damnit i hate writing essay's why can't they give you 100 multiple choices instead or at least just short answers... and it was DAMN difficult adjusting to Sydney's bloody guidelines

 

[LaZy_KoReAn]

Can anyone post one of their essay's for Uni

And people do you suggest ANYTHING at all for me to be able to improve my essay writing over this holidays?

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

Originally posted by LaZy_KoReAn
Can anyone post one of their essay's for Uni

And people do you suggest ANYTHING at all for me to be able to improve my essay writing over this holidays?

Practice cramming a shitload of info into an unrealistically small word count.
I think the big difference is that at high school, you automatically get good marks if you answer the question, and your essay is well written, and correct. At UNI, it has to be well written, correct, but answering the question on the assessment guidelines is not enough... markers seem to have some secret formula in their head that has to be followed to get over a credit, but you're not told what it is til after they've been marked. Like they'll say that the only way to get a high mark is to refer to some random journal article they alluded to 2 months ago and never spoke of again, which had nothing to do with anything. Boo!

 

[LaZy_KoReAn]

it sounds harder than what i thought

 

[copious]

the work load is alot more, but you get use to it. In high school on average you have 6 subjects and it would take you the entire year to learn out of the 6 text books. At uni you have 4 subjects per semester and most of the time you have to learn 4 textbooks worth of information in 10 weeks. thats just a rough guide at looking at it though, it varies depending on the degree.

 

[johnwoo]

Just to provide some contrast to the first few replies I bothered reading...

I do nothing at uni, besides lounge around. Been to 4 lectures this semester, (the first lecture of each subject), about 6 last semester, about 5 the one before and so on...

Much the same as HSC, in that I do nothing. No workload. 1-3 hour crammming. Skip classes to play some pool. Maybe some cs. Watch a movie. Same old shit.

But ye, it all depends on the person you are, your course/uni.

Only real differences are that you don't have lil kids running around. You don't have Lunch and recess (unless you're at usyd lidcombe campus LOL), everyone is given respect, rather than a teacher/student environment, and its much bigger. More people. In highschool you'll know everyone. You'll probably know just as many ppl at uni, but there'll be 20-50 times more ppl there.

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

Gee what course do you do?

(And how do I get in? )

 

[Mambomeg]

Originally posted by Generator
The workload of a double degree is no more than that of a single degree, and in any case it depends upon the individual and the subjects that they have chosen.

Excuse me? i really think that depends on the single degree. i'm doing a single degree (agriculture) and last semester we had 28 hour weeks. if u r stupid enough to go into credit overload, especilly in first year, then u would be doing like 40 hours a week. i know that doesnt sound like much, but whe u factor in travel time, etc, you're talking 60 hour weeks - and that doesnt even include study time, or part time work to pay the bills - its not possible.

 

[Mambomeg]

Originally posted by Butterfly_Wings
I think marking standards are WAY harder at UNI. At high school, if I got 18+ out of 20 for an essay I'd just shrugg, put it away, and be content. At UNI, if I ever got 18/20 for an essay I'd practically cartwheel out of the room!

i agree! i almost cried when i got my first assignment back and i got like 14/20 (which is a credit by the way) it hard to be happy with a 16/20 (distinction) when u are used to 18's and 19's

 

[copious]

Originally posted by Butterfly_Wings
Gee what course do you do?

(And how do I get in? )

It at UTS of course .

 

[Mambomeg]

Originally posted by Asquithian
a D aveagr in law is HIGHLY impressive...

and yes if i got a D in law (i feel like the dumbest law student on this site sometimes...surrounded by the likes of law students who do get Ds) i would be happy beyond belief

yeah, but u have to remember that u are competing against the cream of the crop, everybody in there has already reached a certain level, and to get D's u have to go above and beyond that level, which is just impossible.

 

[LaZy_KoReAn]

Originally posted by johnwoo

Much the same as HSC, in that I do nothing. No workload. 1-3 hour crammming. Skip classes to play some pool. Maybe some cs. Watch a movie. Same old shit.

Same 50/50

 

[Generator]

Originally posted by Mambomeg
Excuse me? i really think that depends on the single degree. i'm doing a single degree (agriculture) and last semester we had 28 hour weeks. if u r stupid enough to go into credit overload, especilly in first year, then u would be doing like 40 hours a week. i know that doesnt sound like much, but whe u factor in travel time, etc, you're talking 60 hour weeks - and that doesnt even include study time, or part time work to pay the bills - its not possible.

I have 3 to 4 hours of travel a day and I work 12 hours a week (which isn't a great amount of time, but eh) yet I can still find time for my double degree. You don't take any extra credit points per year over the other students (unless you overload), so I fail to see how it involves more work than that of a single degree, especially when you consider the fact that at any one time you could be doing second/third and first year units, which arguably involves less work than that of a straight second or third year degree.

 

[shannonm]

* In high school, you do homework. In uni, you study.

* No food is allowed in the hall in high school. In uni, food must be
provided at an event before students will come.

* In uni, the professors can tell you the answer without looking at the teacher's guide.

* In uni, there are no bells or tardy slips.

* In uni, you don't have to wait in a certain lunch line to be cool.

* In high school, you're told what classes to take. In uni, you get to choose; that is, as long as the classes don't conflict and you have the prerequisites and the classes aren't closed and you've paid your tuition.

* In high school, when the teacher said, "Good morning," you mumbled back.
In uni, when the professor says, "Good morning," you write it down.

* In uni, weekends start on Thursday.


* Uni men are cuter than high school boys.

* Uni women are legal.

* In uni, when you miss a class (or two or three), you don't need a note from your parents saying you were skip....uh, sick that day.

* In high school, you can't go out to lunch because it's not allowed. In uni, you can't go out to lunch because you can't afford it.

 

[hipsta_jess]

ok, im doing B Science (req. UAI 73.65) and I want to transfer into B Occupational Therapy (req UAI 90.xx or 91.xx) at the same uni (newcastle)
what sort of average would i need to do this? and how much work do you reckon im gunna need to put in to get it?

 

[addz]

* In high school, you can't go out to lunch because it's not allowed. In uni, you can't go out to lunch because you can't afford it.*



lol..that is gonna be so true..

 

[santaslayer]

Hipsta_jess.....im saying prolly a D-HD mark coz ur original uai is, honestly far-from the required uai for ur preferred course...

 

[MiuMiu]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
ok, im doing B Science (req. UAI 73.65) and I want to transfer into B Occupational Therapy (req UAI 90.xx or 91.xx) at the same uni (newcastle)
what sort of average would i need to do this? and how much work do you reckon im gunna need to put in to get it?

A bloody good one.

 

[hipsta_jess]

yeah, i figured that...lets just hope i win them over in the interview

 

[elizabethy]

thank god!!atleast there's no bitchiness..... . In yr 12 , i had these peers who cudn't accept me getting more marks than them n thus started bitching.....abt me to all their other friends ...yeah but i didn't care n i didn't give them a bloody shit......finally i beat them all n ended up being the dux , n HSC too i got higher uai than them!!!